# Not able to change pmm password in kube

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/not-able-to-change-pmm-password-in-kube/39369>\
**Category:** PMM 3.x\
**Created:** [September 15, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/not-able-to-change-pmm-password-in-kube/39369 "2025-09-15T05:00:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pramod\_Kumar\_Gupta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/pramod_kumar_gupta/32/19488_2.png) [@Pramod\_Kumar\_Gupta](https://forums.percona.com/u/Pramod_Kumar_Gupta)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/not-able-to-change-pmm-password-in-kube/39369/1 "2025-09-15T05:00:42Z")

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```auto
change-admin-password pramod123

```

this command show changed successfully but its not working

i am using this deployment

apiVersion: apps/v1  
kind: Deployment  
metadata:  
name: pmm-server  
namespace: pmm  
spec:  
replicas: 1  
selector:  
matchLabels:  
app: pmm-server  
template:  
metadata:  
labels:  
app: pmm-server  
spec:  
securityContext:  
runAsUser: 1000  
runAsGroup: 1000  
fsGroup: 1000  
fsGroupChangePolicy: OnRootMismatch  
containers:

- name: pmm-server  
image: percona/pmm-server:3  
ports:
- containerPort: 8080
- containerPort: 8443  
env:
- name: DISABLE\_TELEMETRY  
value: “1”
- name: METRICS\_RETENTION  
value: “15d”

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**Author:** ![Denis\_Subbota](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/denis_subbota/32/23607_2.png) [@Denis\_Subbota](https://forums.percona.com/u/Denis_Subbota)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/not-able-to-change-pmm-password-in-kube/39369/2 "2026-03-24T08:32:59Z")

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Hello Pramod\_Kumar\_Gupta,  
You also have a way to provide a password via ENV `PMM_ADMIN_PASSWORD` for the fresh deployment - [Install PMM Server with Helm on Kubernetes clusters - Percona Monitoring and Management](https://docs.percona.com/percona-monitoring-and-management/3/install-pmm/install-pmm-server/deployment-options/helm/index.html)

Also, please try instead of executing it via bash, just runthe next command:

```bash
kubectl -n pmm exec -it <pod> -- change-admin-password newpass

```